English Standard Version
Lamentations 3:1
1I am the man who has seen affliction under the rod of his wrath;
Lamentations 3:1 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)I am the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath.
- New International Version (NIV)I am the man who has seen affliction by the rod of the Lord’s wrath.
- New King James Version (NKJV)I am the man who has seen affliction by the rod of His wrath.
- New Living Translation (NLT)I am the one who has seen the afflictions that come from the rod of the Lord’s anger.
Context of Lamentations 3:1
I am the man who has seen affliction under the rod of his wrath; 2he has driven and brought me into darkness without any light; 3surely against me he turns his hand again and again the whole day long.
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אֲנִ֤י הַגֶּ֙בֶר֙ רָאָ֣ה עֳנִ֔י בְּשֵׁ֖בֶט עֶבְרָתֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Lamentations 3:1
- Lamentations 1:12"Is it nothing to you, all you who pass by? Look and see if there is any sorrow like my sorrow, which was brought upon me, which the Lord inflicted on the day of his fierce anger.
- Job 19:21Have mercy on me, have mercy on me, O you my friends, for the hand of God has touched me!
- Psalms 71:20You who have made me see many troubles and calamities will revive me again; from the depths of the earth you will bring me up again.
- Psalms 88:7Your wrath lies heavy upon me, and you overwhelm me with all your waves. Selah
- Isaiah 53:3He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief; and as one from whom men hide their faces he was despised, and we esteemed him not.
- Jeremiah 15:17I did not sit in the company of revelers, nor did I rejoice; I sat alone, because your hand was upon me, for you had filled me with indignation.
- Jeremiah 20:14Cursed be the day on which I was born! The day when my mother bore me, let it not be blessed!
- Jeremiah 38:6So they took Jeremiah and cast him into the cistern of Malchiah, the king's son, which was in the court of the guard, letting Jeremiah down by ropes. And there was no water in the cistern, but only mud, and Jeremiah sank in the mud.
Commentaries on Lamentations 3:1
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 1I am the man that hath seen affliction - Either the prophet speaks here of himself, or he is personating his miserable countrymen. This and other passages in this poem have been applied to Jesus Christ's passion; but, in my opinion, without any foundation.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1That hath seen affliction - i. e. hath experienced, suffered it.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 1The faithful lament their calamities, and hope in God's mercies. Verses 1-20 The prophet relates the more gloomy and discouraging part of his experience, and how he found support and relief. In the time of his trial the Lord had become terrible to him. It was an affliction that was misery itself; for sin makes the cup of affliction a bitter cup. The struggle between unbelief and faith is often very severe. But the weakest believer is wrong, if he thinks…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-24The author speaks of the suffering of Judah and Jerusalem as his own.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-66La 3:1-66. Jeremiah proposes his own experience under afflictions, as an example as to how the Jews should behave under theirs, so as to have hope of a restoration; hence the change from singular to plural (La 3:22, 40-47). The stanzas consist of three lines, each of which begins with the same Hebrew letter. Aleph. 1-3. seen affliction--his own in the dungeon of Malchiah (Jr 38:6); that of his countrymen also in the siege. Both were types of that of…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Lamentations 3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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